Monceaux approved as new Huskies basketball coach
Jeremy Monceaux has the benefit of having some familiarity with his new job as the Hewitt-Trussville High School boys basketball coach.
Monceaux and his family have lived in Trussville for the past several years, and now Monceaux will work in Trussville as well.
Monceaux was approved as the new Huskies coach in April, following one year leading the Springville program.
“Living in the Trussville area, seeing what the school system had to offer, the resources there, it was always a place that was special to me and a job that piqued my interest,” Monceaux said. “The sky is the limit for what this program can be.”
Jeff Baker stepped down following four seasons as the head coach of the Huskies.
Monceaux brings a pedigree of success with him, as both a player and a coach. He held the Alabama high school record for career points, racking up 4,555 points at Parkway Christian, until 2019. From there, he went on to play at Liberty University.
He made a few assistant coaching stops in the college ranks at Shelton State, Campbellsville and Faulkner before getting the Clay-Chalkville High job in 2014. In seven years at Clay, Monceaux took the Cougars to the playoffs six times. The program’s best year was the 2020-21 campaign, in which Clay posted a 22-5 record and advanced to the regional final for the first time in school history.
Last season at Springville, the Tigers posted a 25-6 record and made it to sub-regionals, where they fell to eventual state runner-up Huffman.
“Leaving a special place like Springville made it a tough decision,” Monceaux said. “Now that we’re getting to work. I love what I’ve seen from the kids. I think we’re headed in the right direction. We’re ready to go.”
Having taken over a couple programs now, he believes in fostering relationships with the players and people within the program and being consistent in his approach each day.
“I’m a lot better coach now than I was eight years ago,” he said.
Monceaux also believes Hewitt-Trussville has the capability to be successful right off the bat. The Huskies have competed in the same area as the likes of Spain Park and Vestavia Hills in recent years, meaning the road has certainly not been easy.
“We’ve got everything from facilities to the right people in place,” he said. “We just need to focus our energy and effort in certain places, with the desire to get better (being) the focus every day. If we do that, we’ll be competitive in our area very quickly.”
One of the most encouraging things to Monceaux is the zeal the community has for a strong basketball program.
“Sometimes on the outside looking in, you think it’s a baseball or football school,” he said. When I’m walking those hallways right now and in the community, I’ve gotten more ‘Go Huskies’ than I was expecting.
“We’re committed right now to when we get rolling, we’re trying to pack that gym out and that we have a good product that represents our community well.”